Highlighting the ROKability ERG
At Rockwell Automation, one of the persistent goals within our Strategic Framework is to be a place where people can and want to do their best work, every day, while supporting and reflecting the communities where we live and work. The ROKability ERG was born out of this goal and recognizing that we did not have a community of support for those with disabilities or those who care for loved ones with disability. The ROKability ERG’s mission is a simple one: We promote and celebrate awareness, achievement and victories of all abilities within Rockwell Automation and our community through shared information, organizational awareness, outreach, education and collaboration with a goal to drive systemic changes within the enterprise and in our communities.
The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin supporting a shared mission of patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Operating eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center and adult Level I Trauma Center at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, the health network is an internationally recognized training and research center engaged in thousands of clinical trials and studies. The Froedtert & MCW health network, which includes eight hospital locations, nearly 2,000 physicians and more than 45 health centers and clinics, draws patients from throughout the Midwest and the nation. During the most recent fiscal year, outpatient visits exceeded 1.2 million, inpatient hospital admissions were 52,807, and visits to network physicians totaled 947,136.
Wallo Brands LLC was founded in 2013 with the mission of developing the most effective and efficient integrated access solutions for residential and commercial property owners. The company is comprised of two divisions. Wallo engineers, manufactures, and distributes commercial and residential construction products. Midwest Biotech Supply is a contract research biotech division that provides a full scope of custom protein process services and high-quality protein products for biotech and pharmaceutical applications. Wallo Brands became certified Disability Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE) in 2017. “We are among those small businesses that supply to all nation’s largest home improvement store chains.”
Collaboration with local and nationwide agencies such as Disability: IN Wisconsin provides us with a great opportunity to connect with other professionals and to promote our business initiatives.
Wallo Brands is based in Madison, Wisconsin, and information can be found online at wallobrands.com.
As the largest bank headquartered in Wisconsin and with a 160-year history, Associated Bank has built its legacy by supporting the individuals, families and businesses right here in the Midwest. We believe our success begins and ends with people. The establishment and nurturing of a culture where colleagues feel valued, respected and open to sharing ideas and perspectives is at the core of Associated Bank.
We recognize our colleagues as critical resources to fulfill our company’s vision, values and aspirations, and are committed to investing in the growth and development of our people to support a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture. We view building and advancing an inclusive culture as a business imperative, critical to our success. Our results show in the words of our colleagues who have described our culture as diverse, inclusive, and transparent in our past three annual workplace surveys.
Why We Mentor
When I joined Old National Bank in 2014 with the mission to improve our disability inclusion efforts, we weren’t quite sure where to start, or what format would work best for our company and our leaders. We researched some of the best practices of other companies committed to disability inclusion but were still unclear of the best commitment to make the most impact.
But when we took a hard look inside our company culture, the answer came easy. Mentorship. Mentoring is embedded in our DNA at ONB. We jump at the opportunity to help others build their experiences, their confidence, and their professional network. At the same time, our leaders, who serve as mentors, seemingly always end up learning more from their mentees than they would have ever expected!
Employment Resources, Inc. (ERI), a private, nonprofit, is celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2020. ERI’s mission has remained constant: advancing employment opportunities to enhance the well-being of people with disabilities. This includes providing direct services, as well as training and technical assistance to promote effective practices. We offer services throughout Wisconsin and many of our training efforts are offered in all 50 states. Partnering with Disability: IN Wisconsin provides a great opportunity to connect with businesses and fellow providers to promote the shared values of diversity and inclusion.
ManpowerGroup is the world leader innovative workforce solutions, connecting human potential to the power of the business. ManpowerGroup serves both large and small organizations across all industry sectors through our brands and offerings. With our comprehensive family of brands we can address the complex workforce challenges organizations face today. This can be done through contingent and permanent staffing to talent management, outsourcing, and talent development. Our ManpowerGroup brands are comprised of Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions & Jefferson Wells.
My Choice Wisconsin (MCW) offers an array of services to support Medicaid-eligible adults with physical and or intellectual/developmental disabilities as well as older adults. Offerings include Family Care, Family Care Partnership, SSI Managed Care, Medicare Dual Advantage, and BadgerCare Plus. A homegrown non-profit, My Choice Wisconsin works collaboratively with local agencies and health care providers to ensure our members have ample choices and high-quality support and services from a diverse network.
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, American Family Insurance has been serving customers since 1927. We inspire, protect and restore dreams through our insurance products, exceptional service from our agency owners and employees, community investment and strategic partnerships to address societal challenges.
American Family Insurance demonstrates our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by constantly evolving to meet customer, employee, and community needs and preferences. In late 2018 we officially launched our Abilities Business Resource Group (BRG). Our nine BRGs each provide employees who have shared characteristics, life experiences, interests, and backgrounds a forum to directly impact our Inclusive Excellence Strategy and enhance our inclusive culture while also assisting with relevant business decisions and practices. They strengthen our Enterprise by uncovering innovative opportunities to support efforts like; attracting diverse talent, exceeding customer expectations, positively impacting our communities and enhancing the overall employee experience.
Mind Shift is an organization that assesses, trains, and hires high functioning individuals on the autism spectrum. Our expertise ranges from data analytics and software development, to quality control and light industrial positions.
Mind Shift’s D&I initiatives are more external than internal. Our mission is to employ individuals on the autism spectrum, so our internal D&I initiatives are woven into our mission. Externally, we measure success by the extent that we are able to employ more people on the spectrum and place them in roles at organizations looking not only to meet their internal D&I initiatives, but also their strategic growth plans. We believe that contracting with Mind Shift is not only doing good, but it is also a good business decision, and we have the historical data to prove that.
Throughout our history, Goodwill has served diverse populations across Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago. The core of Goodwill’s mission is training, employment and support for people experiencing barriers to work and these efforts include employing a diverse workforce. Black and Hispanic individuals accounted for the largest percentages of people served in 2019.
While diversity and inclusion have been inherent to our mission, several factors over the past few years are leading our organization on the journey to formalize an enterprise Diversity, Equity & Inclusion framework that is seamlessly integrated within our strategic priorities. This work continues to be guided by our mission, helping to create pipelines of diverse talent both inside and outside of our organization where community need is greatest.
Rangam is a minority, woman, and disability-owned workforce solutions company. The organization’s philosophy of “Empathy Drives Innovation” influences everything it does. As one of the fastest-growing professional staffing agencies, Rangam specializes in attracting and retaining talent globally for IT, Engineering, Scientific, Clinical, Healthcare, Administrative, Finance, and Business Professional sectors while integrating veterans and individuals with disabilities into the workforce. Rangam’s mission is to improve the quality of life for its candidates while providing exceptional service to its clients.
TruStage delivers insurance, investments, and technology solutions that are designed to help meet a diverse range of needs, are flexible, easy to understand, and enable confident financial decisions. The company was built on the principle of “people helping people” and the belief that a brighter financial future should be accessible to everyone
At TruStage, we’re our best when we support and enable all employees. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is at the core of everything we do – and we embrace you regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, ethnicity, age, disability or citizenship. We believe diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to the success of our corporate business strategy. We leverage each employee’s unique contributions to enhance business performance.
Founded in 1938 as Jewish Vocational Service, our initial focus was to assist immigrant families fleeing oppression in Europe to settle in Milwaukee and find jobs. From these roots, the agency pioneered many innovative approaches for people of all ages, abilities and other challenges to achieve independence.
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Disability:IN Wisconsin Members are local businesses that see the value in building and supporting disability inclusion in their corporate diversity and inclusion strategies.